CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 722Introduced by Assembly Member BigelowFebruary 19, 2019 An act to amend Section 10531 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 722, as introduced, Bigelow. Integrated regional water management plans.Existing law, the Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Act, finds and declares the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies to work cooperatively to manage their available local and imported water supplies to improve the quality, quantity, and reliability of those supplies. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in these findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 10531 of the Water Code is amended to read:10531. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Water is a valuable natural resource in California, California and should be managed to ensure the availability of sufficient supplies to meet the states agricultural, domestic, industrial, and environmental needs. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies to work cooperatively to manage their available local and imported water supplies to improve the quality, quantity, and reliability of those supplies.(b) Local agencies can realize efficiencies by coordinating and integrating their assets and seeking mutual solutions to water management issues.(c) The reliability of water supplies can be significantly improved by diversifying water portfolios, taking advantage of local and regional opportunities, and considering a broad variety of water management strategies as described in the California Water Plan.(d) The implementation of this part will facilitate the development of integrated regional water management plans, thereby assisting each region of the state to improve water supply reliability, water quality, and environmental stewardship to meet current and future needs.(e) Water management is integrally linked to public health and the health of all natural resources within our watersheds. It is the intent of the Legislature that water management strategies and projects are carried out in a way that promotes these important public values.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 722Introduced by Assembly Member BigelowFebruary 19, 2019 An act to amend Section 10531 of the Water Code, relating to water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 722, as introduced, Bigelow. Integrated regional water management plans.Existing law, the Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Act, finds and declares the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies to work cooperatively to manage their available local and imported water supplies to improve the quality, quantity, and reliability of those supplies. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in these findings and declarations.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 722
Introduced by Assembly Member BigelowFebruary 19, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Bigelow
February 19, 2019
An act to amend Section 10531 of the Water Code, relating to water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 722, as introduced, Bigelow. Integrated regional water management plans.
Existing law, the Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Act, finds and declares the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies to work cooperatively to manage their available local and imported water supplies to improve the quality, quantity, and reliability of those supplies. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in these findings and declarations.
Existing law, the Integrated Regional Water Management Planning Act, finds and declares the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies to work cooperatively to manage their available local and imported water supplies to improve the quality, quantity, and reliability of those supplies.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in these findings and declarations.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 10531 of the Water Code is amended to read:10531. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Water is a valuable natural resource in California, California and should be managed to ensure the availability of sufficient supplies to meet the states agricultural, domestic, industrial, and environmental needs. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies to work cooperatively to manage their available local and imported water supplies to improve the quality, quantity, and reliability of those supplies.(b) Local agencies can realize efficiencies by coordinating and integrating their assets and seeking mutual solutions to water management issues.(c) The reliability of water supplies can be significantly improved by diversifying water portfolios, taking advantage of local and regional opportunities, and considering a broad variety of water management strategies as described in the California Water Plan.(d) The implementation of this part will facilitate the development of integrated regional water management plans, thereby assisting each region of the state to improve water supply reliability, water quality, and environmental stewardship to meet current and future needs.(e) Water management is integrally linked to public health and the health of all natural resources within our watersheds. It is the intent of the Legislature that water management strategies and projects are carried out in a way that promotes these important public values.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 10531 of the Water Code is amended to read:10531. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Water is a valuable natural resource in California, California and should be managed to ensure the availability of sufficient supplies to meet the states agricultural, domestic, industrial, and environmental needs. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies to work cooperatively to manage their available local and imported water supplies to improve the quality, quantity, and reliability of those supplies.(b) Local agencies can realize efficiencies by coordinating and integrating their assets and seeking mutual solutions to water management issues.(c) The reliability of water supplies can be significantly improved by diversifying water portfolios, taking advantage of local and regional opportunities, and considering a broad variety of water management strategies as described in the California Water Plan.(d) The implementation of this part will facilitate the development of integrated regional water management plans, thereby assisting each region of the state to improve water supply reliability, water quality, and environmental stewardship to meet current and future needs.(e) Water management is integrally linked to public health and the health of all natural resources within our watersheds. It is the intent of the Legislature that water management strategies and projects are carried out in a way that promotes these important public values.
SECTION 1. Section 10531 of the Water Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
10531. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Water is a valuable natural resource in California, California and should be managed to ensure the availability of sufficient supplies to meet the states agricultural, domestic, industrial, and environmental needs. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies to work cooperatively to manage their available local and imported water supplies to improve the quality, quantity, and reliability of those supplies.(b) Local agencies can realize efficiencies by coordinating and integrating their assets and seeking mutual solutions to water management issues.(c) The reliability of water supplies can be significantly improved by diversifying water portfolios, taking advantage of local and regional opportunities, and considering a broad variety of water management strategies as described in the California Water Plan.(d) The implementation of this part will facilitate the development of integrated regional water management plans, thereby assisting each region of the state to improve water supply reliability, water quality, and environmental stewardship to meet current and future needs.(e) Water management is integrally linked to public health and the health of all natural resources within our watersheds. It is the intent of the Legislature that water management strategies and projects are carried out in a way that promotes these important public values.
10531. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Water is a valuable natural resource in California, California and should be managed to ensure the availability of sufficient supplies to meet the states agricultural, domestic, industrial, and environmental needs. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies to work cooperatively to manage their available local and imported water supplies to improve the quality, quantity, and reliability of those supplies.(b) Local agencies can realize efficiencies by coordinating and integrating their assets and seeking mutual solutions to water management issues.(c) The reliability of water supplies can be significantly improved by diversifying water portfolios, taking advantage of local and regional opportunities, and considering a broad variety of water management strategies as described in the California Water Plan.(d) The implementation of this part will facilitate the development of integrated regional water management plans, thereby assisting each region of the state to improve water supply reliability, water quality, and environmental stewardship to meet current and future needs.(e) Water management is integrally linked to public health and the health of all natural resources within our watersheds. It is the intent of the Legislature that water management strategies and projects are carried out in a way that promotes these important public values.
10531. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Water is a valuable natural resource in California, California and should be managed to ensure the availability of sufficient supplies to meet the states agricultural, domestic, industrial, and environmental needs. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies to work cooperatively to manage their available local and imported water supplies to improve the quality, quantity, and reliability of those supplies.(b) Local agencies can realize efficiencies by coordinating and integrating their assets and seeking mutual solutions to water management issues.(c) The reliability of water supplies can be significantly improved by diversifying water portfolios, taking advantage of local and regional opportunities, and considering a broad variety of water management strategies as described in the California Water Plan.(d) The implementation of this part will facilitate the development of integrated regional water management plans, thereby assisting each region of the state to improve water supply reliability, water quality, and environmental stewardship to meet current and future needs.(e) Water management is integrally linked to public health and the health of all natural resources within our watersheds. It is the intent of the Legislature that water management strategies and projects are carried out in a way that promotes these important public values.
10531. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Water is a valuable natural resource in California, California and should be managed to ensure the availability of sufficient supplies to meet the states agricultural, domestic, industrial, and environmental needs. It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage local agencies to work cooperatively to manage their available local and imported water supplies to improve the quality, quantity, and reliability of those supplies.
(b) Local agencies can realize efficiencies by coordinating and integrating their assets and seeking mutual solutions to water management issues.
(c) The reliability of water supplies can be significantly improved by diversifying water portfolios, taking advantage of local and regional opportunities, and considering a broad variety of water management strategies as described in the California Water Plan.
(d) The implementation of this part will facilitate the development of integrated regional water management plans, thereby assisting each region of the state to improve water supply reliability, water quality, and environmental stewardship to meet current and future needs.
(e) Water management is integrally linked to public health and the health of all natural resources within our watersheds. It is the intent of the Legislature that water management strategies and projects are carried out in a way that promotes these important public values.